Atherosclerotic plaque imaging using phase-contrast X-ray computed tomography

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Shinohara, Masakazu ^a   Yamashita, Tomoya ^a   Tawa, Hideto ^a   Takeda, Masafumi ^a   Sasaki, Naoto ^a   Takaya, Tomofumi ^a   Toh, Ryuji ^a   Takeuchi, Akihisa ^b   Ohigashi, Takuji ^b   Shinohara, Kunio ^b   Kawashima, Seinosuke ^a   Yokoyama, Mitsuhiro ^a   Hirata, Ken Ichi ^a   Momose, Atsushi ^c  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic plaque component; Synchrotron radiation; Tissue mass density of plaque component

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MALE; MOUSE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY;

ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CORONARY VESSELS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYOCARDIUM; SYNCHROTRONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39149119640     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01149.2007     Document Type: Article

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